The Gleiwitz Case
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6.9To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.
Released: 1961-08-2364 minDir: Gerhard KleinDrama, History, Thriller
Cast
- Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Naujocks
- Herwart Grosse as Gestapochef Müller
- Hilmar Thate as KZ-Häftling
- Christoph Beyertt as Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
- Wolfgang Kalweit as Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
- Georg Leopold as Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Gerhard Klein
- Screenwriter
- Günther Rücker
- Composer
- Kurt Schwaen
- Cinematographer
- Jan Čuřík
- Duration
- +63